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I. The information collection below is
pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to
Isabella Guzman,
OMB within 60 days from the date of
Administrator.
this notice. To be sure we consider your
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
email address.
[Docket No: SSA–2023–0031]
Application for a Social Security
Number (SSN) Card, the Social Security
Agency Information Collection
Number Application Process (SSNAP),
Activities: Proposed Request and
and Internet SSN Replacement Card
Comment Request
(iSSNRC) Application—20 CFR
422.103—422.110—0960–0066. SSA
The Social Security Administration
collects information on the SS–5 (used
(SSA) publishes a list of information
in the United States) and SS–5–FS (used
collection packages requiring clearance
outside the United States) to issue
by the Office of Management and
original or replacement Social Security
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
cards. SSA also enters the application
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October data into the SSNAP application when
issuing a card via telephone or in
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
person. In addition, hospitals collect the
of OMB-approved information
same information on SSA’s behalf for
collections.
newborn children through the
SSA is soliciting comments on the
Enumeration at Birth (EAB) process. In
accuracy of the agency’s burden
this process, parents of newborns
estimate; the need for the information;
provide hospital birth registration clerks
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
with information required to register
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
these newborns. Hospitals send this
minimize burden on respondents,
information to State Bureaus of Vital
including the use of automated
Statistics (BVS), and they send the
collection techniques or other forms of
information to SSA’s National Computer
information technology. Mail, email, or
Center. SSA then uploads the data to the
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
SSA mainframe along with all other
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
enumeration data, and we assign the
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
newborn a Social Security number
the following addresses or fax numbers. (SSN) and issue a Social Security card.
Percent
Number of
respondents
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Application scenario
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
The vast majority of applications for
original SSN cards utilize EAB.
In addition, the iSSNRC internet
application collects information similar
to the paper SS–5 for no-change
replacement SSN cards for adult U.S.
citizens. The iSSNRC modality allows
certain applicants for SSN replacement
cards to complete the internet
application and submit the required
evidence online rather than completing
a paper Form SS–5.
Finally, oSSNAP collects information
similar to that which we collect on the
paper SS–5 for no change situations,
with the exception of name change, new
or replacement SSN cards for U.S.
Citizens (adult and minor children), and
replacement cards only for non-U.S.
citizens. oSSNAP allows these
applicants for new or replacement SSN
cards to start the application process online, receive a list of evidentiary
documents, and then submit the
application data to SSA for further
processing by SSA employees.
Applicants then visit a local SSA office
to complete the application process.
In some instances, SSA collects race
and ethnicity information as part of the
SSN card application process. Response
to the race and ethnicity questions is
voluntary. SSA plans to expand the EAB
process to include SSA receipt of race
and ethnicity information for the
newborn and parent(s) when the
parent(s) consent to release of this
voluntary information. Obtaining
parental consent for this new data will
require States and Jurisdictions to add
questions to collect a newborn’s race
and ethnicity information. This will also
require BVS to electronically share the
race and ethnicity of parent(s) and
newborn, for instances when the record
shows the state or jurisdiction obtained
parental consent, consistent with the
EAB process. The respondents for this
information collection are applicants for
original and replacement Social
Security cards, or individuals who wish
to change information in their SSN
records, who use any of the modalities
described above.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait
time in
field
office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
EAB Modality
Hospital staff who relay the State birth
certificate information to the BVS and
SSA through the EAB process ............
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Number of
respondents
Application scenario
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait
time in
field
office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
iSSNRC Modality
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a replacement card with no changes through
the iSSNRC .........................................
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a replacement card with a name change
through iSSNRC ..................................
3,002,698
1
5
250,225
* 29.76
** 0
*** 7,447,589
1,312
1
5
109
* 29.76
** 0
*** 3,244
oSSNAP Modality
Adult U.S. Citizens providing information
to receive a replacement card through
the oSSNAP+ .......................................
Adult U.S. Citizens providing information
to receive an original card through the
oSSNAP+ .............................................
Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing information to receive an original card
through the oSSNAP+ .........................
Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing information to receive a replacement card
through the oSSNAP+ .........................
822,104
1
5
68,509
* 29.76
** 24
*** 11,825,136
37,323
1
5
3,110
* 29.76
** 24
*** 536,841
204,081
1
5
17,007
* 29.76
** 24
*** 2,935,497
1
5
7,053
* 29.76
** 24
*** 1,217,392
84,635
SSNAP/SS–5 Modality
Respondents who do not have to provide parents’ SSNs ..............................
Respondents whom we ask to provide
parents’ SSNs (when applying for
original SSN cards for children under
age 12) ................................................
Applicants age 12 or older who need to
answer additional questions so SSA
can determine whether we previously
assigned an SSN .................................
Applicants asking for a replacement
SSN card beyond the allowable limits
(i.e., who must provide additional documentation to accompany the application) ......................................................
6,973,505
1
9
1,046,026
* 29.76
** 24
*** 114,142,337
207,521
1
9
31,128
* 29.76
** 24
*** 3,396,717
1,113,144
1
10
185,524
* 29.76
** 24
*** 18,772,072
6,703
1
60
6,703
* 29.76
** 24
*** 279,268
Enumeration Quality Review
Authorization
information
Authorization
information
to SSA to obtain personal
cover letter ........................
to SSA to obtain personal
follow-up cover letter ........
500
1
15
125
* 29.76
** 24
*** 9,672
500
1
15
125
* 29.76
** 24
*** 9,672
Grand Total .............................................
Totals ...............................................
16,213,543
1,928,937
*** 168,247,983
+The
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number of respondents for this modality is an estimate based on google analytics data for the SS–5 form downloads from SSA.Gov.
* We based this figure on average Hospital Records Clerks (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292098.htm), and average U.S. worker’s hourly wages (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm) as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
II. SSA submitted the information
collection below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding this
information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
September 18, 2023. Individuals can
obtain copies of this OMB clearance
package by writing to the
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Missing and Discrepant Wage Reports
Letter and Questionnaire—26 CFR
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31.6051–2—0960–0432. Each year
employers report the wage amounts they
paid their employees to the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) for tax purposes,
and separately to SSA for retirement
and disability coverage purposes.
Employers should report the same
figures to SSA and the IRS; however,
each year some of the employer wage
reports SSA receives show wage
amounts lower than those employers
report to the IRS. SSA uses Forms SSA–
L93–SM, SSA–L94–SM, SSA–95–SM,
and SSA–97–SM to ensure employees
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receive full credit for their wages. SSA
is also creating the online IRS/SSA
Reconciliation which is a streamlined
version of the SSA–95–SM and the
SSA–97–SM. The IRS/SSA
Reconciliation will guide employers to
the appropriate solutions and will link
the users to on-line tools to correct
issues. The respondents are employers
who reported lower wage amounts to
SSA than they reported to the IRS.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Number of
respondents
Modality of completion for forms
SSA–95–SM and SSA–97–SM (and accompanying cover
letters SSA–L93, L94) (paper version) ............................
IRS/SSA Reconciliation (online version) .............................
356,800
89,200
Totals ...........................................................................
446,000
Frequency of
response
1
1
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Average theoretical hourly
cost amount
(dollars) *
178,400
44,600
* $29.76
* 29.76
30
30
223,000
Total annual
opportunity cost
(dollars) **
** $5,309,184
** 1,327,296
6,636,480
* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
Dated: August 14, 2023.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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from the List of Specially Designated
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the Government of the Russian
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2023-0031]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2023-
0031].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 833-410-1631, Email address: [email protected].
Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2023-0031].
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
October 16, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
Application for a Social Security Number (SSN) Card, the Social
Security Number Application Process (SSNAP), and Internet SSN
Replacement Card (iSSNRC) Application--20 CFR 422.103--422.110--0960-
0066. SSA collects information on the SS-5 (used in the United States)
and SS-5-FS (used outside the United States) to issue original or
replacement Social Security cards. SSA also enters the application data
into the SSNAP application when issuing a card via telephone or in
person. In addition, hospitals collect the same information on SSA's
behalf for newborn children through the Enumeration at Birth (EAB)
process. In this process, parents of newborns provide hospital birth
registration clerks with information required to register these
newborns. Hospitals send this information to State Bureaus of Vital
Statistics (BVS), and they send the information to SSA's National
Computer Center. SSA then uploads the data to the SSA mainframe along
with all other enumeration data, and we assign the newborn a Social
Security number (SSN) and issue a Social Security card. The vast
majority of applications for original SSN cards utilize EAB.
In addition, the iSSNRC internet application collects information
similar to the paper SS-5 for no-change replacement SSN cards for adult
U.S. citizens. The iSSNRC modality allows certain applicants for SSN
replacement cards to complete the internet application and submit the
required evidence online rather than completing a paper Form SS-5.
Finally, oSSNAP collects information similar to that which we
collect on the paper SS-5 for no change situations, with the exception
of name change, new or replacement SSN cards for U.S. Citizens (adult
and minor children), and replacement cards only for non-U.S. citizens.
oSSNAP allows these applicants for new or replacement SSN cards to
start the application process on-line, receive a list of evidentiary
documents, and then submit the application data to SSA for further
processing by SSA employees. Applicants then visit a local SSA office
to complete the application process.
In some instances, SSA collects race and ethnicity information as
part of the SSN card application process. Response to the race and
ethnicity questions is voluntary. SSA plans to expand the EAB process
to include SSA receipt of race and ethnicity information for the
newborn and parent(s) when the parent(s) consent to release of this
voluntary information. Obtaining parental consent for this new data
will require States and Jurisdictions to add questions to collect a
newborn's race and ethnicity information. This will also require BVS to
electronically share the race and ethnicity of parent(s) and newborn,
for instances when the record shows the state or jurisdiction obtained
parental consent, consistent with the EAB process. The respondents for
this information collection are applicants for original and replacement
Social Security cards, or individuals who wish to change information in
their SSN records, who use any of the modalities described above.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Application scenario Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount office (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EAB Modality
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hospital staff who relay the State 3,759,517 1 5 313,293 * $24.49 ** 0 *** $7,672,546
birth certificate information to the
BVS and SSA through the EAB process.
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iSSNRC Modality
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a 3,002,698 1 5 250,225 * 29.76 ** 0 *** 7,447,589
replacement card with no changes
through the iSSNRC..................
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a 1,312 1 5 109 * 29.76 ** 0 *** 3,244
replacement card with a name change
through iSSNRC......................
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oSSNAP Modality
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adult U.S. Citizens providing 822,104 1 5 68,509 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 11,825,136
information to receive a replacement
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
Adult U.S. Citizens providing 37,323 1 5 3,110 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 536,841
information to receive an original
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing 204,081 1 5 17,007 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 2,935,497
information to receive an original
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing 84,635 1 5 7,053 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 1,217,392
information to receive a replacement
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
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SSNAP/SS-5 Modality
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Respondents who do not have to 6,973,505 1 9 1,046,026 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 114,142,337
provide parents' SSNs...............
Respondents whom we ask to provide 207,521 1 9 31,128 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 3,396,717
parents' SSNs (when applying for
original SSN cards for children
under age 12).......................
Applicants age 12 or older who need 1,113,144 1 10 185,524 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 18,772,072
to answer additional questions so
SSA can determine whether we
previously assigned an SSN..........
Applicants asking for a replacement 6,703 1 60 6,703 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 279,268
SSN card beyond the allowable limits
(i.e., who must provide additional
documentation to accompany the
application)........................
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enumeration Quality Review
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorization to SSA to obtain 500 1 15 125 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 9,672
personal information cover letter...
Authorization to SSA to obtain 500 1 15 125 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 9,672
personal information follow-up cover
letter..............................
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Grand Total..........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals........................... 16,213,543 .............. .............. 1,928,937 .............. .............. *** 168,247,983
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\+\The number of respondents for this modality is an estimate based on google analytics data for the SS-5 form downloads from SSA.Gov.
* We based this figure on average Hospital Records Clerks (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292098.htm), and average U.S. worker's hourly wages
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm) as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than September 18, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of this
OMB clearance package by writing to the [email protected].
Missing and Discrepant Wage Reports Letter and Questionnaire--26
CFR 31.6051-2--0960-0432. Each year employers report the wage amounts
they paid their employees to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for tax
purposes, and separately to SSA for retirement and disability coverage
purposes. Employers should report the same figures to SSA and the IRS;
however, each year some of the employer wage reports SSA receives show
wage amounts lower than those employers report to the IRS. SSA uses
Forms SSA-L93-SM, SSA-L94-SM, SSA-95-SM, and SSA-97-SM to ensure
employees receive full credit for their wages. SSA is also creating the
online IRS/SSA Reconciliation which is a streamlined version of the
SSA-95-SM and the SSA-97-SM. The IRS/SSA Reconciliation will guide
employers to the appropriate solutions and will link the users to on-
line tools to correct issues. The respondents are employers who
reported lower wage amounts to SSA than they reported to the IRS.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
[[Page 56067]]
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion for forms Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount (dollars) **
(dollars) *
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-95-SM and SSA-97-SM (and accompanying cover 356,800 1 30 178,400 * $29.76 ** $5,309,184
letters SSA-L93, L94) (paper version)...............
IRS/SSA Reconciliation (online version).............. 89,200 1 30 44,600 * 29.76 ** 1,327,296
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Totals........................................... 446,000 .............. .............. 223,000 .............. 6,636,480
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Dated: August 14, 2023.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-17727 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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